multiple connection server

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im currently writing a server for linux. can someone please tell me how to make my server accept multiple connections without using the select function? thanks.

also, what exactly is a library? is it a header file?

[rohit]

search google for
"Beej Guide to network programming"

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heh, thats where i learned socket programming :)

but the problem is that only explains how to accept multi connections using the select() function...............any other ideas?

[mix0matt]

the above book is a must...

a library is a collection of compiled object code that can be linked either statically or dynamically into your program. it is not a header file. header files usually contain protoytpes and other declarations for the object code contained in the libraries...

old school unix servers - fork a new process for each connection

new way unix - new thread for each connection...single process...

again W. Richard Stevens' book, Unix Network Programming, Volume I explains all of it in detail.